Scientists say a telescope on the Moon could advance physics — and they’re hoping to build one

Genetic dark matter may drive the evolution of new species

NASA’s Perseverance Rover Collects First Mars Rock Sample

On this day in 1934, a fire started aboard the passenger liner SS Morro Castle. But that was far from the end of the story.

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After six months on Mars, NASA’s tiny copter is still flying high

The Engineered Student: On B. F. Skinner’s Teaching Machine

Journey to the Most Inhospitable Place on Earth: The Skeleton Coast

The Ancient Art of Tattooing

How aircraft conquered Antarctica

Can America’s Fastest Supercomputer Defeat Covid for Good?

Your Next Car May Be Built With Ocean Rocks. Scientists Can’t Agree If That’s Good

Listen to an Australian duck say ‘you bloody fool’ like a human

Israeli conjoined twins see each other for first time after surgery

Birds Can Hear Tsunamis Way Before They Hit

The New Science of Clocks Prompts Questions About the Nature of Time

Why is the color blue so rare in nature?

On this day in 2005, Damn Interesting sprang into existence

On this day in 1943 the “Skyhook” surface-to-air recovery system was first tested on a human subject

The Puzzling Life and Uncertain Death of Heinrich Feldmann, A Spy in the First World War

The Parisian Poison Panic and Versailles’ Secret Witch Hunt

How Did Smallpox Anti-Vaxxers Compare to Those Today?

Humans could develop a new echolocation sense, scientists say

Bitcoin Uses More Electricity Than Many Countries. How Is That Possible?

Democracy Is Losing Its Race With Disruption

The Ugly History of Chicago’s “Ugly Law”

China launches 4 satellites on 2 rockets within hours of each other

Space Solar Power: An Extraterrestrial Energy Resource for the U.S.

Billionaire Investor Who Predicted the 2008 Housing Crash Says Crypto Is a ‘Worthless’ Bubble

How Computationally Complex Is a Single Neuron?

Parasite Black Hole Eats Gigantic Star from Inside Out

The unlikely protector against Bangladesh’s rising seas

Thousands of kilometres from anywhere lies Point Nemo, a watery grave where space stations go to die

Biologists Unlock the Secrets of ‘Invisible’ Animals

Holding stellar nurseries in your hands

Is dark matter made of ‘Fermi balls’ forged in the Big Bang?

Experience: ‘I found the largest truffle in the world’

Engineers Bent the Rules, and May Have Saved New Orleans

‘It’s exactly like a puzzle’: experts on piecing together Roman fresco find

Dive Team to Investigate Wreck of Sunken Nazi Steamer

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New ‘vortex beams’ of atoms and molecules are the first of their kind

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Stanford researchers develop an engineered ‘mini’ CRISPR genome editing system

Dead star collision causes stellar explosion like nothing seen before

Study reveals threat of catastrophic supervolcano eruptions ever-present

How finger counting gives away your nationality

The mysterious troughs on giant asteroid Vesta keep puzzling scientists

A Cancer-Quashing Microbe Emerges from the Deep

The Amazing True Story of How the Microwave Was Invented by Accident

The archaeological treasures that survived 9/11

Miami’s Surfside Condo Was Flawed and Failing. Here’s a Look Inside.

Perseverance: Nasa’s Mars rover makes second drill sample bid

An Accidental Discovery Hints at a Hidden Population of Cosmic Objects

Atomic-scale imaging reveals ants use zinc to sharpen their teeth

Missions to Mars Shouldn’t Exceed Four Years Due to Radiation Risks, Scientists Say

In a Word: And & Ampersand

On this day in 1945 General Douglas MacArthur accepted the Japanese surrender aboard the USS Missouri. WW2 was over, but not for everyone.

Gift Card Gang Extracts Cash From 100k Inboxes Daily

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